Couple Changes Daughter's Age from 8 to 22, Abandons Her: Court Docs
Following a five-year investigation, an Indiana couple who once gained fame for raising a child prodigy, has been charged after allegedly abandoning their adopted daughter in an apartment alone before fleeing to Canada.
In 2012, the couple, who already had two sons, somehow legally changed the girl’s age to 22, according to the court documents. However, an evaluation done in June 2012 showed the girl was 11, the documents state. In 2013, Kristine, 45, and Michael, 43, set the child up in an apartment on North 11th Street in Lafayette in Tippecanoe County before leaving her completely alone and moving their family to Canada, according to the documents.
On Sept. 5, Kristine and Michael allegedly admitted to changing the girl’s age, but did not specify how they did so, local outlet WLFI News 18 reported. They also allegedly told authorities that they rented out an apartment for the child but said they did not provide her with any other financial support other than paying the rent.
It is not known how long the child lived in the apartment before police got involved, why the Barnetts chose to abandon her after she was placed into their care or how they were legally able to change her age.“Ok I am sorry I am not supposed to be talking to anyone but in response to the Washing Post photo of me supposedly being booked into jails, here is what is actually happening,” Kristine wrote.
The book, which received rave reviews from The Washington Post and Newsday, is a memoir about Kristine’s life as a mother to her son Jacob, whose “extraordinary mind was almost lost to autism.”
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